This was the incident in question -
I joined #sell, because I really want a damn bear rug and was curious on his price.[2012-06-06 02:23:31] *** helpp (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-06-06 02:24:04] <helpp> can somone go to destard ancient wyrm i died from it i need res please my name is escobart
[2012-06-06 02:24:38] <helpp> please come and hurry
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[2012-06-06 03:14:52] <helpp> sellin bear rug and neon hair dye join this channel if your interested
[2012-06-06 03:14:59] <helpp> #sell
[2012-06-06 03:15:39] <helpp> also cbd and demon one armor and ranger armor
200k, you goddamn better believe I was happy with that, right? A few others joined and made offers on his neon hair dye, with Cavewight winning the bid at 700k. As far as we knew this guy was nuts and had no idea what his rares were worth. Silence, however, suddenly dominated the channel, and 'helpp' abruptly quit, returning to #secondage. I asked Cavewight whether he had concluded his deal, as my suspicions were already developing at this point -[03:15] <chainsoar> just out of interest
[03:15] <chainsoar> how much on the rug
[03:15] <@helpp> how much it worth
[03:15] <chainsoar> not a clue
[03:16] <@helpp> id say 200k
I don't have Cavewight's log of this exchange between him and 'helpp', but I would certainly invite him to add it to this thread if he wishes.[03:30] *** helpp (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) left ()
[03:30] <chainsoar> ok wtf
[03:30] <chainsoar> cavewight did you make the deal
[03:32] <Cavewight> no
[03:33] <Cavewight> hes a scammer
[03:33] <chainsoar> yeah
[03:33] <chainsoar> dude
[03:33] <chainsoar> it was fucking Dupre from K^A
[03:33] <chainsoar> and it turns out he's also St Louis
[03:33] <chainsoar> I just went back through my irc logs with his hostmask
[03:34] <Cavewight> ah
[03:34] <chainsoar> man that sucks, thought I'd get my much coveted bear rug
[03:34] <Soma> question is
[03:34] <Soma> how did he plan on scamming
[03:34] <Soma> hair dyes/rugs are newbied
[03:34] <Soma> so you cant steal/kill
[03:34] <Soma> im not sure if he was just trolling
[03:35] <Cavewight> apparently one of us was supposed to give him half of his $$ up front
[03:35] <chainsoar> lol
[03:35] <chainsoar> there we go
For those who are interested, below is a complete list of alternate nicks he has used in #secondage, followed by a list of remarks that seem relevant in light of this godawful scam attempt.
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[2012-05-27 01:43:04] *** KingBigger (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-27 15:24:52] *** McFries (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-29 16:32:22] *** Big (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-29 23:21:30] *** Dafaq (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-31 20:26:32] *** Dupre (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-31 21:07:12] *** UOSAPlayer8718 (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-06-01 19:20:41] *** StLouis (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
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[2012-06-04 04:58:41] *** StLouis (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
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[2012-06-05 23:14:58] *** STLOUIS (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-06-06 00:46:13] *** STLOUIS (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
In many of these it feels like he can be seen to be playing the helpless newbie, presumably for the purposes of luring people into a scam/trap.[2012-05-25 20:18:26] *** trab (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-25 20:19:18] <trab> aye who knowws about the idoc tha are together
[2012-05-25 20:19:25] <SirDire> on the forums
[2012-05-25 20:19:29] <SirDire> its packed with people
[2012-05-25 20:19:33] <SirDire> will be falling soon
[2012-05-25 20:19:38] <trab> duide take me there
[2012-05-25 20:19:42] <trab> ineed to goo
[2012-05-27 01:43:04] *** KingBigger (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-27 01:44:19] <KingBigger> anyone want to start a guild u have to be swords if u have tank mage thats fine to u just have to be good we will be waring people so be ready pm me for information if you are intersested
[2012-05-27 02:03:35] <KingBigger> who wants to be a co owner to my guild if so pm me tan magess
[2012-05-27 05:08:41] <KingBigger> giveing 20k to anyone who shows me an idoc PM me of interested
[2012-05-27 02:31:01] <KingBigger> who wonna join my guild its HnF HighNiggasFly
[2012-05-27 02:31:07] <KingBigger> dexxers and mages
[2012-05-27 02:52:46] <KingBigger> who wonna join MyC anyone? just gotta be good and used to the game
[2012-05-27 02:52:48] <KingBigger> pm me
[2012-05-29 16:32:22] *** Big (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-29 16:32:59] <Big> does anyone do tresaure maps i can help i want to help pm me
[2012-05-29 16:33:25] <DarkWing> what kind of help do you need?
[2012-05-29 16:35:25] <Big> no i want to help the t mapersd
[2012-05-29 16:35:29] <Big> mapers
[2012-05-29 16:35:54] <DarkWing> i c
[2012-05-29 16:36:00] <Big> any guild i can join ppl that use vaent pm me
[2012-05-29 16:36:06] <Big> vent
[2012-05-29 23:21:30] *** Dafaq (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-05-29 23:21:47] <Dafaq> yo anyone have any idocs they can show me pm me
[2012-06-04 02:30:45] *** bbbja (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-06-04 02:30:46] <chainsoar> dude
[2012-06-04 02:30:55] <bbbja> can someone help me find something
[2012-06-04 02:31:23] <bbbja> i need help where i go to find the t map finder
[2012-06-04 02:32:11] <bbbja> where i find the tresure finder thing
[2012-06-04 05:36:20] *** Sigga (~SecondAge@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined
[2012-06-04 05:36:47] <Sigga> GIVING SMALL DEEDS FOR IDOC LOCATIONS PM ME!
Here he is being kicked for using a staff member's username (EDIT: also on reflection he may have been attempting to impersonate Dupre of A^V) -
I feel certain the majority of people on this shard know my feelings on murdering and scamming, those being that I don't give a damn if they occur without breaching server rules. Pixels are just pixels and UO is bloody ruthless.[2012-05-31 20:54:24] <@Derrick> !addlamer Dupre!*@97-86-26-37.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com Need a new nick
This, however, would seem to demonstrate at least one attempt to use IRC as a medium for scamming, which is against the rules and therefore a fucking affront to Derrick, as far as I'm concerned.
WHOEVER this is, whether my initial conclusion was way off the mark or no, keep your scams within server rules, please.